Assessments

Assessments

Free Assessments for Providers and Customers

​About Assessments​

An assessment is a process to assist the customers in identifying :

strengths

employability and transferable skills

interests

work values​​​

personal priorities for employment

Assessment is part of the process leading to self-awareness and relies on the active participation of the customer. As part of this process, it is important for the customer to understand purpose and expected outcome of the assessment.

Before the assessment, explain the:

Purpose: Why should they complete the assessment?

Expectations: What do they have to do? How long will it take?

Results: What do the results mean? How can I use the results?

Illinois workNet Assessments

Illinois workNet offers assessments that can be used as part of the career development process.​​​​​​​ The following assessments are available online with this site:

Learn more about these options below.

Skill and Interests Surveys

Career Exploration

Self-Accessed Assessment

Purpose: Skill and interest surveys are online questionnaires that help customers identify what they like to do or what they are good at so they can move toward a career choice or career change. There are no right or wrong answers. They are not timed assessments. Customers can use the results as a starting point for exploring potential career pathways.

Surveys offered through Illinois workNet include:

Interest Profiler

Expectations: There are 180 activities. Choose if you like, dislike, or are unsure for each activity (10-20 minutes).

Results: Organizes interests into 6 categories of work.

SKILLS Profiler

Expectations: Select 35 skills and group them as very, moderate, or somewhat satisfying (10-20 minutes).

Results: Provides a graph indicating how your interests match up to each career cluster area.

Access to the Assessment and Results:

Customers can access the assessments and saved results through their My Dashboard. All saved results stay with the customer's account. They can retake and save their results an unlimited number of times.

Approved providers will able to view saved survey result through specific program tools.

Employment 101 Pre / Post-Assessments

Earn Career Development Certificate

Self-Accessed Assessment

Purpose: Employment 101 is a guided approach that includes assessments, articles, planners and other resources to help customer reach their training and employment goals. The purpose of the Employment 101 Pre-Assessment is to check the customer's knowledge, but it is not required. The purpose of the Employment 101 Post-Assessment is to check what the customer has learned during the guided process, and to unlock their certificate of completion.

Topics Covered:

Career Exploration

Training Program Exploration

Workplace Skills

Job Search Skills

Goal-Setting

Violence Prevention and Awareness

Pre-Assessment:

Expectations: Complete 25 multiple choice questions. This online assessment is only completed once. It is not a timed assessment (15-20 minutes).

Results: This assessment is graded, but the grade is not counted against you.

Post-Assessment:

Expectations: Complete 25 multiple choice questions. This online assessment is not timed. It can be completed an unlimited number of times, but only the highest score is saved in the customer's account (15-20 minutes).

Results: This assessment is graded. Once customers score 70% or higher, they earn their certificate of completion. This certificate / digital badge can be added to their portfolios.

Access to the Assessment and Results:

Customers can access the assessments and saved results through their My Dashboard. All saved results stay with the customer's account. He or she can retake and save his or her results an unlimited number of times.

Approved providers will able to view saved result through specific program tools.

NOCTI 21st Century Skills

Earn NOCTI Certificate

Partner Initiated Assessment

Purpose: The NOCTI 21st Century Skills Assessment is a non-occupation-specific assessment used measure employability areas identified in the National Career Cluster model. The results can help customers identify their current skill level and skills that need enhancement. There is normally a cost associated with completing this assessment, but it is free for all Illinois workNet partners.

Expectations:

The assessment is 144 questions, 3-hour timed, online, and proctored.

Providers order the assessments through Illinois workNet for either one 3-hour session, two 90-minute sessions, or three 60-minute sessions. A text-to-speech format is available for those with special needs.

Customers go to the testing site that is identified by the provider. The provider will provide instructions on how to access the online assessment.

Results:

Once complete, customers will receive their initial results. Once the assessments are officially scored by NOCTI, the results will populate the customers Illinois workNet account.

Customers will be able to download their NOCTI certificate upon successful completion. This certificate can be added to their portfolios as a credential to show evidence of workplace skills.

Access to the Assessment and Results:

Customers can access the assessment per the instructions created when the assessments were ordered. These instructions are distributed in the proctored environment.

Customers can access saved results through their My Dashboard. All saved results stay with the customers account.

Approved providers will able to view result through specific program tools.

Observational Evaluation

Develop Workplace Skills During Training

Partner Initiated Assessment

Purpose: Training providers use this tool to give customers feedback about their workplace skills using a similar approach as an employer. This assessment was developed for use in a program where a person’s skills are observed multiple times in different situations over a course of time (6-week minimum is recommended). This ensures that a skill set is habitual rather than a temporary performance.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Scores are not averaged. Each skill has its own cut score of either “Yes” or “Meets Standard.”

The provider and customer review the results and discuss examples where the customer excels and how to further develop his or her skills.

Access to the Assessment and Results:

Customers do not complete this assessment, but they can access saved results through their My Dashboard. All saved results stay with the customer's account.

Approved providers will able to complete the assessment and view previously saved results through specific program tools.

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Worksite Evaluation

Worksite Experience / Skill Development

Partner Initiated Assessment

Purpose: Worksite supervisors use this tool to give interns and youth feedback about their workplace skills while on the job. This assessment was developed for use to provide formative feedback for workers with minimal work experience. A worker’s skills are observed multiple times in different situations during the course of their work experience. This is ideal for employers (both work-based learning and job placements) to provide constructive feedback available to workforce partner and the worker.

Expectations:

Review the Worksite Evaluation Rubric for 10 foundation skills on or before the first day of the experience. Complete a review two weeks into the experience, and again at the end of the experience.

Intern / youth practices these skills during his or her work experience.

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